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Monday, September 22, 2008

A Quickie

My company is gone, but now it's jury duty. Still pretty nutty around here. I'm eeking out tiny bits of time to sew and I've been working on making progress on this hourglass quilt. Maybe a top later this week.

Since my folks are in Canada, the Bernina is staying at my house. I've only had one chance to sit down at her. I dove head first into free motion quilting on my little quilter's neighborhood mini quilt. It's not perfect, but I'm proud that I finally took the plunge, and I learned a lot doing a piece that wasn't going to be tossed out. I was hoping for a quilting marathon while I had the machine here, but so far no such luck. I am still going to try to get to it.

I feel bad that my blogging routine has been totally messed with and I haven't had a chance to visit many of you, so since I wouldn't have made this without your help, how about a little giveaway? If you would like to own the little quilty neighborhood just leave a comment on this post. I'll do the random number thingy on Friday morning. (Hope the trial is over by then.) Let's be flexible folks...it's a bit crazy around here. Let's try to keep this small...just between us if you know what I mean. Thanks for being patient and staying with me!

104 comments:

What a funny coincidence -- I, too, lowered the feed dogs and braved free motion quilting this weekend for some swap quilts! And ... I have cut and pieced an hourglass quilt!! Great minds think alike. And I know #2 will never win, but I'd love the litle neighborhood quilt. : )

I absolutely love the hourglass quilt! I have that same fabric, if you remember, I made a stinkin' cute bag with it. I just love, love, love it! Oh wait I said that already. Anyway, the neighborhood quilt is great. You did a terrific job of quilting it and I would love to be in the running to win it. Hopefully, jury duty doesn't get in the way of sewing time for too long.

I'm crossing my fingers that your jury duty is over quick and that things will get back to normal for you! Love the fabrics in your hourglass quilt. And the little quilty neighborhood is so darn cute! Congrats on your free motion bravery!

These are both so cute! I have been dying to try an hourglass quilt and this just inspires me more. I love your little houses and I'm glad you tried the free motion. I'm still learning but love it more every time I practice.

This is the 1st time I have ever posted on a blog (found you via craftster). You have renewed my energy for quilting - I had gotten away from it for too long and my Bernina was collecting dust. Since 09/04, I now 3 WIP, complete a trick or treat bag for my 2 year old nephew. And soon I will be starting a wonkly log cabin (one wip is a christmas stocking using your crazy block tutorial).

I can honestly say that you have inspired me to get back to quilting. I love your creativity and use of color! Love, love, love the neighborhood piece!!!

also, love that little neighborhood. reminds me of how my girlfriends and i pretend to 'buy' the houses we love in the neighborhoods we walk through. it would be fun to hang that little banner outside my classroom door!

Things lkie jury duty always seem to come up at the worst times, I had to do my stint just after my father died. At least it will be another 8 years before I come up again.I love your little quilt and would be honored to win it.Sue Cahill (sbonetsue at yahoo dot com)

I love how the hourglass quilt is looking! It has such vibrant and pretty colors and I really like all the different pink and black fabric-especially that houndstooth. I would love to win the neighborhood quilt, it is so whimsical.

Hi Jacquie, for someone that is very busy, you sure do get a lot of sewing done!! Your hourglass quilt is so nice!!! Thanks for having this giveaway, I can't believe you are giving your little neighborhood away, it's so precious and I really hope I win. If I don't though, I know it will bless whoever does win!

I'm thinking you have a VERY interesting life Jacquie.Good luck with the jury duty and the free motion quilting, am confident that you will achieve most of what you set out to do in life.

I get what you are saying about the giveaway....guess what though? I did the Random.org thing for my giveaway and genuine bloggers won!!! One of my super duper tell it like it is ones won my regular readers section and a new fabulous art quilter in Australia won overall and a very talented one who also loves knitting won the flickr part of it...now I just have to pack up their parcels.

Have so much stuff am going to do a regular Aussie giveaway and a semi regular one for "regular readers" ...like you.

Hey congratulations on taking the free motion plunge! Fun, right? It looks great! I hope things calm down for you soon. You are missed when you're not around, but you shouldn't feel pressure. We'll wait!

Hi Jacquie. As with all your quilts, this new one you're working on will be fabulous. It's so nice to have stumbled upon another quilter who has seemingly similar tastes to my own! That being said, I would of course love the little houses to hang up on the wall.

I took a free motion quilting class and absolutely love the freedom and the improvisational aspect of it. Yet I have admittedly not found the courage yet to do any on any of my quilts. I think making a small one to test the waters may be just the ticket. Thanks for the ongoing inspiration!

I need to learn free motion quilting too. I haven't yet tried it. I don't care what everyone else writes... it looks really hard and a bit scary. Maybe in the summer holidays...The neighbourhood quilt is just so much fun. You're very clever.

Your hourglass is very pretty and I love the colors. Keep up the good work with the free motion. As my teacher said "practice, practice, practice". I will keep you in my mind as you finish with this jury thing. It can't be easy.

Oh my, I so remember the feeling that runs through your body when you take the plunge and begin Free Motion! You are excited and scared at the same time; one minute you are breathing and the next you realize you need some air; your heart begins beating quickly and your body becomes tense. So, remember to relax, take a deep breath and enjoy! This level of quilting is so exciting and before you know it you will feel like a pro!!!

Oooh ooh ooh! Love all of those checks and dots and stripes! How fun. Seriously...can you do anything that I don't like?! ;-)

Please don't feel badly about how little or how much you can blog. Hopefully by now, most of us use some sort of blog managing tool...and we can just pick up where we leave off without any guilt.... ;-)

I love the color combo on the hourglass quilt! And am not opposed to winning your little quilt in the 'hood!Kudos to you for performing your civic duty, torturous as it may be.Damn life for getting in the way of our creativity! :)

Love the colors in the hourglass quilt.. the neighborhood quilt is lovely... and the idea of free motion quilting scares the heck out of me. Perhaps someday I will throw caution to the wind and join the party.

Keeping it small? I am comment number 72 I think lol!! So is this neighborhood the one in which I live?!! Huh Huh?! I must win this!! How could I not own my own property??? ;) Love the hourglass quilt too - and the free motion - just practice a lot and you'll be a pro in no time:0)

ok, I'd love to hang those houses in my sewing room. I just tried the free motion for the first time with the correct foot. That darning foot makes a big difference! Hope jury duty goes well. I actually quilted my first quilt while sitting and waiting at jury duty about 10 years ago!

Love the hourglass quilt. Hope all goes well with jury duty. I've never had to do it but I have a friend whose done it a lot and I know it takes a lot out of her! Here's wishing you get to your Bernina soon!

What beautiful pillows, quilts and even more pillows! I LOVE the little houses----I am totally amazed at how much you seem to get done. Maybe I just spend too much time thinking about what I want to do :-) I would love to win those wonderful little houses!Beautiful pictures---inspiring!~Loreedoo (at) roadrunner dot com

I think I would die if I won this quilty little neighborhood. Seriously. I would. I love it soooo very much and have visited your blog dozens of times just to look at it. It would become the new banner on my blog for sure. And then find a perfect home in my home.

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